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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






2. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






3. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






4. Ability to think reason and solve problems. Skills are usually measured by an individual test of intelligence/IQ test. Requires being able to generalize from past experience and use that knowledge to respond to new situations.






5. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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6. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






7. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






8. Taught visual to auditory - Taught auditory to visual - Students should also master blending of sounds into words and as well segmenting whole words into individual sounds.






9. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






10. State Board of Eduation






11. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






12. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn






13. Use - pictures - charts - maps - graphs - etc...clear view of teacher - color to highlight important text - ask teacher to provide handouts - illustrate ideas as pictures before writing them down - use multi media






14. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






15. Proceeds from the part to the whole.Reading is driven by the text. Emphasizes the written or printed text. Flesch - Gough - LaBerge and Samuels.






16. A test in which a student's performance is compared to that of a norm group. Often used to measure and compare students - schools - districts and states.






17. Open syllable






18. Academic Language Therapy Association






19. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






20. 1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York; along with Samuel T. Orton at Columbia University - developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills. Trained one teacher at a time. began working with Sally Childs and trained 50 t






21. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






22. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






23. Supported only by "qualitative research" instead of quantitative research - Teaches "whole words" in word families - Students are not explicitly taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most sounds






24. Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence. The accented part is spoken louder - longer - and/or in a higher tone. The speaker's mouth opens wider while saying an accented syllable.






25. Pre-reading - Oral Language Development

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26. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.






27. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






28. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






29. Individual Educational Plan






30. English as a second language






31. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






32. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






33. An objective test that is given and scored in a uniform manner. Scores are often norm-referenced. For example SAT






34. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






35. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






36. Teaching that uses all learning pathways in the brain (VAK-T) simultaneously in order to enhance memory and learning.






37. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






38. Alphabetic principle" and its relationship to phonemic awareness and phonological awareness in reading






39. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






40. A morpheme attached to the end of a word that creates a word with a different form or use. Suffixes include inflected forms indicating tense - number - person and comparatives.






41. Three adjacent letters which represent one speech sound (tch)






42. Was a pivotal event in English history. It largely removed the native ruling class - replacing it with a foreign - French-speaking monarchy - aristocracy - and clerical hierarchy. This - in turn - brought about a transformation of the English languag






43. The process of systematically gathering test scores and related data in order to make judgement about an individuals ability to perform various mental activities involved in the processing - acquisition - retention - conceptualization - and organizat






44. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






45. The number of words a student can read correctly in a given period of time.






46. A type of test score that is calculated based on the age that an average person earns a given score within the tested population.






47. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






48. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






49. Feeling through fingertips






50. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel







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